House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) has initiated an inquiry into allegations that Iran hacked President Trump's campaign to support the Biden-Harris campaigns. In a letter sent to Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray, Jordan requested an unclassified briefing on the matter.
The inquiry follows reports that Iran emailed illegally obtained information from Trump's campaign to at least three advisers on the Democratic presidential campaign and shared stolen data with major media outlets, including Politico, the Washington Post, and the New York Times.
The Committee seeks answers to several questions:
- What material did Iran obtain from President Trump's campaign?
- To whom at the Biden for President or Harris for President campaigns did the hackers send information and materials?
- When did the FBI learn about the hack and exfiltration of nonpublic information from Trump’s campaign?
- On what dates did Iran provide stolen documents to the Biden or Harris campaigns?
- When did the FBI first inform Trump’s campaign about the hack?
- Did the FBI use any Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act authorities to surveil Trump’s campaign?
In excerpts from his letter, Jordan highlighted concerns over foreign election interference: "On September 18, 2024, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency announced that in 'late June and early July,' the Islamic Republic of Iran attempted to interfere with the upcoming presidential election by 'sen[ding] unsolicited emails to individuals then associated with the Biden-Harris campaign that contained an excerpt taken from stolen, non-public material from former President Trump's campaign . . . .' Since then, Iran has continued 'to send stolen, non-public material' from President Trump’s campaign to the media."
Jordan further noted that while media reports have supplemented this announcement, details remain sparse. He cited reports indicating that Iran used an AOL account under a pseudonym "Robert" to distribute confidential information.
The full letter can be accessed through official channels.
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